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Daken is the title of several Marvel Comics comic books starring the titular Daken.


Daken provides examples of:

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    Dark Wolverine 
  • Armed with Canon: During the time Daken and Bullseye were members of the Dark Avengers, Daniel Way and Majorie Liu, writers of Daken's ongoing series Dark Wolverine, tried to establish some sort of rivalry with a lot of sexual tension between the two, with Daken using his powers to manipulate Lester's emotions For the Evulz. Other writers decided to ignore it and wrote them as good friends with no rivaly or sexual tension whatsoever.
  • Affirmative-Action Legacy: While not intended to replace the original Wolverine (who remained active), Daken operated with the Dark Avengers using the name Wolverine, and is half-Japanese and bisexual.
  • Legacy Launch: Daken got his first solo series when he briefly stole the Wolverine identity while part of the Dark Avengers. Once that series ended, Daken received his own solo title without the Wolverine costume.

    Daken: Dark Wolverine 
  • Aborted Arc: In issue #4, Daken reads a news article about the new Captain America being outed as Bucky Barnes, the man who killed Daken's mother. He's shown looking at Bucky's picture with an intense stare, and there is a strong implication that Daken is planning on confronting Barnes. The book was cancelled before this fight could occur and Daken never brings it up again in any of his appearances.
  • Ambiguously Bi: In issue #4, it's implied Johnny Storm and Daken had a fling.
  • Creepy Uncle: Daken's psycho ex-boyfriend Marcus once attached himself to the Los Angeles criminal organization known as the Pride, to the point where Chase Stein knew him as "Uncle Eli". He was kicked out after the Steins caught him literally hovering over Chase's bed while the boy slept, though apparently he never actually molested Chase.
  • Crossover Relatives: Daken's evil ex-boyfriend Marcus turns out to have been an Honorary Uncle of Chase Stein of the Runaways, giving Daken an excuse to recruit the Runaways in order to help take him down.
  • Driven to Suicide: In issue #23, Daken commits suicide by blowing himself up after losing his Healing Factor.
  • Headbutt of Love: Daken twice in issue #8, thought it's not romantic. The power of using his pheromones to control people's emotions works best when he's in close contact, and that's as close as he can get without kissing.
  • Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: In issue #1, it's strongly suggested that Daken raped a female assassin sent to kill him.
  • Remember the New Guy?: Marcus Roston, Daken's evil ex-boyfriend, is retconned as being a supposed former member of The Pride who got kicked out for creeping on Chase.
  • Retroactive Legacy: It's revealed that there was, in fact, an eighth member of the Pride, the Humanoid Abomination Marcus Roston, but he was kicked out after the Steins caught him literally hovering over Chase's bed while he slept.

Alternative Title(s): Dark Wolverine, Daken Dark Wolverine

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